Candida albicans vertebral osteomyelitis treated successfully with fluconazole;Spondylodiscites a Candida albicans traitees avec succes par fluconazole

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Friess, S ^a   Herbrecht, R ^a   Kuntz, J L ^a   Neyrolles, N ^a   Charrin, J E ^a   Sibilia, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Drug addiction; Fluconazole; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXACILLIN; PEFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CITRUS LIMON; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 0031423843     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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